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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: SOLTI,GEORG
Fabric Type: 0028943079921
Graphics Memory Size: Box set
Manufacturer Labor Warranty Description: 44
Maximum Color Depth: Decca
Metal Type: Decca
Processor Count: 4
Total Firewire Ports: Decca
Total Parallel Ports: February 11, 1992
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Disc 1:- Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
- Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: II. Adante sostenuto
- Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
- Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68: IV. Adagio - Piu adante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Disc 2:- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio non troppo
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai
- Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con Spirito
- Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Disc 3:- Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: I. Allegro con brio - Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante - Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto - Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90: IV. Allegro - Johannes Brahms
- Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - Johannes Brahms
Disc 4:- Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98: I. Allegro non troppo
- Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98: II. Andante moderato
- Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso
- Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato
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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-FEB-1992
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Solti recorded these works at Medinah Temple, Chicago, in 1978 and 1979, while Orchestra Hall was undergoing the first of several long-needed acoustical makeovers. Reiner, Solti's exacting predecessor, recorded many seminal performances there after engineers assured him that Medinah's acoustics exceeded those of Orchestra Hall as it then existed. The building, dating to 1912, still stands on the Near North Side of Chicago, having been granted landmark status by the city on June 27, 2001. The sound ... Read More
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I can only share the enthusiasm of reviewers who praise these performances by Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I own most of the Brahms box sets (Chailly, Harnoncourt, Karajan, Bernstein, Bohm, etc.), but I have to say I'm most impressed with these recordings. I actually prefer Solti's and Harnoncourt's to Karajan's acclaimed cycle.
I'm not sure what is about these performances that make them so great. The tempi are excellent and not rushed. The overall sound quality is ... Read More
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I love these performances by Solti. Then I don't. But I really do. Sound confused? I truly admire these excellent performances of Brahms' symphonic cycle. This is straightforward Brahms. Great conducting. I expected that by Solti. It also has tremendous bulldog orchestral syncopation by one of America's consistently best orchestras since WWII. I don't expect to see much better conducting or playing. So why am I so torn by Solti's great performances? He plays the music as honestly as it can be played. ... Read More
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One generally tends to think of Georg Solti as a sensationalistic conductor--going for spectacular orchestral effects even at the expense of line, structure and mood. Whether this generalization is in any sense apt is an open question, but it certainly doesn't apply to Solti's remarkably cogent Brahms cycle.
Surprisingly, the performances in this box are closer in style to Klemperer than to Stokowski or Bernstein. That means slow and steady rather than febrile or opulent. The First begins ... Read More
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What is it about Brahms's orchestra music that makes it a favorite of mine? The melancholy, the autumnal sound, the lovely sadness, particularly of the 2nd movements. Brahms is not just another Beethoven. Some orchestras and conductors just don't get it. My favorites are Toscanini, Furtwangler, Munch, Walter, Karajan, to mention just a few. This same lovely sound is also available to you by way of the Clarinette Quintet with Oppenheim and the Budapest, the Alto Rhapsody, the German Folk Songs with the ... Read More
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